Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 676
BlLLY wanted to have some fun on April I, so he tied a string to the old kitchen purse and when he-saw his Aunt Mary coming down to the front gate Billy threw the purse on the sidewalk and hidbehind a tree. He was so excited that he did not know what his little friends behind him were doing. … But Aunt Mary was thinking about something very important, and she walked right by the pocket-book without seeing it. Then, hearing shouts and jolly laughter, she looked around and saw thatBillys little friends had been havingsome fun with him, too, while Billy was trying to April-fool her. JUST…
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